Not surprising to me as this detector is a low conductor hound.
https://www.minelab.com/usa/go-minelabbing/success-stories/gold-in-the-hole
Suplemental info supplied by actual Equinox formal tester.
NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Yes..... Type-1, 2 & 3 U.S. Gold Dollars ID as a 1
> 0/11 in an air-test.......and in most soils.,.,.,.
> ,.,.,.,. even tilted. "On edge"...... and ID's can
> be much lower..... to include 'no detection'.
>
> U.S. 3-Cent Nickels ID as 7-8....... under most no
> rmal conditions.
https://www.minelab.com/usa/go-minelabbing/success-stories/gold-in-the-hole
Suplemental info supplied by actual Equinox formal tester.
NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Yes..... Type-1, 2 & 3 U.S. Gold Dollars ID as a 1
> 0/11 in an air-test.......and in most soils.,.,.,.
> ,.,.,.,. even tilted. "On edge"...... and ID's can
> be much lower..... to include 'no detection'.
>
> U.S. 3-Cent Nickels ID as 7-8....... under most no
> rmal conditions.